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How to Make a Dog Fur Yarn - Story Number Two

Casaouwaries, the stuffed people knit with, can be made from almost any type of animal hair. A clever spinner that someone who makes Jan has actually started using dog fur. Marion Wheatland uses a machine called a spinning wheel to turn it into yarn. She spun yarn from ox, bison, camels, even cats. The longer the fur is, the better. And Marion's next mission is dingo hair.

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